GENDER: CELEBRATING WOMEN, ART, AND POWER

Celebrating the power of women in art, cinema and entrepreneurship, this International Women's Day highlights achievements, challenges, and the...

THOUGHT FACTORY: SUPERSTARS CAN'T SAVE FAILING FILMS

"Big budgets, bigger stars, and colossal failures—Indian cinema’s crisis lies not in its cast but in sidelined storytellers, as aud...

POLITICS: SILENCE, A WEAPON AND SHIELD

Dr. Manmohan Singh’s dignified silence inspires integrity, while Bollywood’s silence on farmers’ struggles highlights a troub...

THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit Lahiri explores the vanishing allure of ...

FESTIVALS: THE CHANGING FACE OF DURGA PUJA

Religious Fest? Reality Show? Sponsored Program? A little of all these? Monojit Lahiri lays it on the line, examining how Durg...

BUSINESS: THE BIG DADDY OF THE BIG IDEA!

Monojit Lahiri takes a trip down memory lane to salute Kersey Katrak, the father of India’s creative advertising across ...

THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEB SOUNDBYTES AND HUMAN TRAGEDIES

Monojit Lahiri investigates this contentious issue in the face of the latest nightmare emerging from Kolkata's R.G Kar Medical...

FESTIVALS: THE KHUSHWANT SINGH LITERARY FESTIVAL OF KASAULI

I had a conversation with Rahul Singh, to know the significance of the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, writes Vinta Nanda. ...

THOUGHT FACTORY: A CAUTIONARY TALE FOR INDIA'S BUREAUCRACY

The delicate balance between public service and private interests in India, and employing leadership from within the bureaucracy is crucia...

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